Books – Page 155 – Looking For a Good Book

October 23, 2015

ALICE – Christina Henry

Christina Henry’s Alice is a darkly original look at Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland stories. In a dark, run-down (some might call it a ‘hole’) town called Old City, a ragged woman named Alice is imprisoned in a hospital (“Her body had grown older but her mind was still trapped at sixteen, still unsure of… Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, OTHER, Uncategorized

Book Reviews, Books, Horror/Dark Fantasy, Literature, Reviews

October 22, 2015

LINE: AN ART STUDY – Edmund J. Sullivan

THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE This book got off to a very slow start for me. Initially I wondered what sort of artist with OCD might find this book enjoyable? It reads like a technical manual. But I stuck with it and found quite a few gems of wisdom within the pages. The book is… Continue reading

NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

Art, Book Reviews, Books, non-fiction, Reviews

October 21, 2015

WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY FINE – Daryl Gregory

Therapist Jan Sayer pulls together a group of individuals in need of therapy, perhaps more-so than most. There is Harrison, The Monster Detective, once known as the Boy Hero of Dunnsmouth. There is Stan who survived his captivity by cannibals, though he was partially eaten. There is Martin, who never takes off his sunglasses. Barbara… Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews, Thriller

October 20, 2015

BLACK WIDOW: FOREVER RED – Margaret Stohl

I often enjoy reading novels featuring characters from another medium. TV and movie tie-ins? Yes. Novels of comic book characters? Yes. But since comics are now typically called graphic novels, reading a novel isn’t such a far away concept. It’s just a story without the pictures. In Black Widow: Forever Red, by Margaret Stohl, Marvel… Continue reading

YA

Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Reviews, Television, Young Adult

October 19, 2015

AIRPLANE RIDES – Jake Alexander

What has the potential to be an interesting, soul-observing study of humanity, instead becomes a self-centered, hedonistic exploration by one man. Jake Alexander (a pseudonym for a finance executive) does a lot of flying (first class … maybe business class) and of course has thus met many people – his seat mates. Jake Alexander also… Continue reading

MEMOIR, NON-FICTION

Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews, Sex

October 16, 2015

THE ADVENTURES OF BASIL AND MOEBIUS VOLUME 2 – graphic novel

Given my feelings toward the first volume in this Basil and Moebius Adventure series I would normally have not bothered asking to read the second volume. However, I had placed the request for the second volume before I had read the first book, and so this was in my queue and I gave it a… Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized

Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Reviews

October 15, 2015

THE MYSTERIOUS MICKEY FINN – Elliot Paul

THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE It must be fun to work for Dover Publications and dig up some of these older books and offer them up for sale again. Many of their reissues are absolute treasures … but treasures that I hadn’t been familiar with beforehand. This is just such a case. Originally from 1939… Continue reading

HUMOR, MYSTERY

Book Reviews, Books, Humor, Mystery, Reviews

October 14, 2015

EDGE: COLLECTED STORIES – M. E. Kerr

It is surprisingly difficult to find short story collections for younger readers. I suspect, in part, I am simply not aware of them, but I sure do like it when I come across them. M.E. Kerr is the award-winning author of some very progressive teen fiction, addressing topics such as homosexuality, racism, AIDS, absent parents, and… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SHORT FICTION, Uncategorized, YA

Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Reviews, Short Stories, Young Adult

October 13, 2015

THE CHAPLAIN’S WAR – Brad R. Torgersen

A year or two ago I sent Brad Torgersen a message telling him that I thought he was one of the best new writers of sci-fi writing in the field today. I had read a number of his works that were up for consideration for the Hugo Award and felt that they were really outstanding… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

October 12, 2015

THE DOUBT FACTORY – Paolo Bacigalupi

Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Doubt Factory is a YA thriller that is long on lesson, riddled with romance, and occasionally over-the-top with its action. For those of us familiar with Bacigalupi from his sci-fi books The Windup Girl and Pump Six and Other Stories, this book is definitely a departure, though it’s definitely not unusual for… Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized, YA

Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Thriller, Young Adult

October 9, 2015

THE LAND OF DREAMS – Vidar Sundstøl

When a naked Norwegian man is found brutally murdered in the Superior National Forest, and another naked Norwegian in shock nearby, U.S. Forest Service officer Lance Hansen, the first on the scene, begins a journey that has him questioning the past, family relationships, and his future. Vidar Sundstøl has written a mystery that is mostly… Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized

Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews

October 8, 2015

RHODE ISLAND RED – Charlotte Carter

Throwback Thursday: Reviewing a Reissue What do you get when you combine a mystery with an unlikely heroine and jazz music? Rhode Island Red, a Nanette Hayes Mystery. Nanette Hayes is a tall, intelligent, bald, African-American jazz saxophonist playing tunes on the street for whatever cash she can get. When her live-in boyfriend dumps her… Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized

Book Reviews, Books, Music, Mystery, Reviews